A lead frame includes a lead frame body processed in a predetermined shape, and including a notched part provided at an end of the lead frame body, the notched part being used as a starting point of tape-removing, a resin leakproof tape stuck on a back surface of the lead frame body, and a region of a periphery of the notched part in the back surface of the lead frame body, the region being reduced in a strength of bonding between the resin leakproof tape and the lead frame body is reduced relative to other region.
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1. A lead frame in a predetermined shape, comprising: a lead frame body; a plurality of unit lead frames arranged in the lead frame body at a distance away from an end of the lead frame body; a notched part extending through the lead frame body at the end of the lead frame body; a resin leakproof tape stuck on a back surface of the lead frame body, and the plurality of unit lead frames; and one of a plated region and a recessed thin region provided on the back surface of the lead frame body and located between an edge of the notched part and a closest end of the plurality of unit lead frames with a gap from the edge of the notched part, the one of a plated region and a recessed thin region being reduced in a strength of bonding between the resin leakproof tape and the lead frame body relative to an adjacent region of the back surface of the lead frame body.
2. The lead frame according to claim 1 , wherein the gap is 0.05 to 2 mm and is formed from the edge of the notched part to the one of a plated region and a recessed thin region of the lead frame body.
3. The lead frame according to claim 1 , wherein the one of a plated region and a recessed thin region reduced in the strength of bonding has a width of 0.05 to 3 mm.
4. The lead frame according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of unit lead frames are arranged in a matrix.
5. The lead frame according to claim 4 , wherein the lead frame body has a rectangular shape, and one area of the plurality of unit lead frames arranged in the matrix is provided.
6. The lead frame according to claim 4 , wherein the lead frame body has a rectangular shape, and two or more areas of the plurality of unit lead frames arranged in the matrix are provided along a longitudinal direction of the lead frame body.
7. The lead frame according to claim 6 , wherein a plurality of notched parts are provided at opposite longitudinal ends of the lead frame body.
8. The lead frame according to claim 7 , wherein the one of a plated region and a recessed thin region reduced in the strength of bonding extends in an area between the plurality of notched parts.
9. The lead frame according to claim 8 , wherein the one of a plated region and a recessed thin region reduced in the strength of bonding includes a C-shaped portion.
10. The lead frame according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of semiconductor devices are installed on a front surface of the plurality of unit lead frames, respectively, opposite to the resin leakproof tape.
11. The lead frame according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of notched parts are provided at opposite ends of the lead frame body.
12. The lead frame according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of pilot holes are formed through the lead frame body.
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October 16, 2015
December 26, 2017
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